Honourable Chief
Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has announced that by coming year and year
and half, efforts will be on to supply 24-hour power to the agriculture sector
in the State. The CM said to solve the Minimum Support Price problem
permanently, in the coming Budget Rs 500 Crore fund will be created and under
the Famers Committees, the agriculture produce will be sold.
Oil Palm farmers from Dammapeta Mandal
in Bhadradri Kothagudem district, where a Palm oil Plant has began production,
have met the CM under the leadership of Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao, MLA Tati Venkateshwarlu here at Pragati Bhavan on Sunday. The farmers have
thanked the CM for the setting up of the Palm Oil Plant at Apparaopet and
felicitated him. They have invited the CM to formally inaugurate the plant. The
CM has positively responded at their invitation. He said he would shortly
inaugurate the plant. Agriculture Minister Pocharam Srinivas Reddy, Mission
Bhagiratha Vice Chairman Vemula Prashanth Reddy, SC Corporation Chairman Pidamarthi Ravi, Whip Palla Rajeshwar Reddy, MP
On the occasion, the CM addressed the farmers.
“As on date, we are supplying 9-hour power supply to the agriculture. Some
farmers are using automatic starters. They are drawing more water than
required. This is causing a twin problem. Ground water level is decreasing and
with more water than required even the yield is getting spoiled. Hence stop the
usage of automatic starters. We will have adequate supply of power in a year or
year and half. Then we will try to give 24-hour power supply. Farmers will be
able to draw water whenever they needed,” the CM said.
“After the formation of Telangana
State, the state government has taken several measures for the welfare of
farmers. Earlier, farmers used to suffer due to lack of seed and fertilisers.
Their land used to turn arid patches due to lack of water. Now things are
changing for the better. We are constructing irrigation projects. Through
Mission Kakatiya we are reviving the tanks. We are giving 9 hours power supply.
We have ensured that there is no scarcity of seed and fertiliser. We are
constructing Godowns with a storage capacity of 21.5 Lakh Metric Tonnes. We are
solving issues one by one,” the CM announced.
“Now farmers have two major issues,
one is input expenditure and the other is Minimum Support Price for the
produce. For the input expenditure, the state government, last year itself
decided to give Rs 8000 per acre irrespective of the crop to the farmers as
input subsidy. A farmer may have hundreds of acres but yet he should not worry
about the input expenditure. Farmers used to run from pillar to post during the
scorching heat of Rohini Karte to raise loans. We have decided to give the
input expenditure to the farmers to pull them out of the vicious circle of raising
private debt. Now farmers in the Telangana state are out of the habit of
raising debts for their input expenditure. Now farmers will be happy and if farmers
are comfortable the entire village will be comfortable. The traditional trades
dependent on the agriculture will also prosper. If farmer is a Planet and
hereditary professionals are the satellites. The rural economy strength begins
with farmers prosperity,” the CM observed.
“Getting Minimum Support Price for the
crop is another issue that is troubling farmers and this is a recurring
problem. We have though about a solution to this problem. We will constitute
farmers Assocation in the Mandals. From there we will form district and state
level farmers federations. The Farmers Association will have the authority to
fix the prices. The Farmers Assocation will discuss with the Mandal level traders
and decided the price. All sales will happen based on this price only. In the
coming Budget we will allocate Rs 500 Crore to the State Farmers Federation. It
will intervene and give the difference of money when the rates or down to help
farmer to get the Minimum Support Price. Stat-wide Crop Colonies will be formed
with this fund. The agriculture scientists will decided on which crop to be
cultivated based on the quality of soil, temperatures, weather, availability of
water etc., Farmers should follow this advice. This will result in high yields.
Gone those days where everyone will go in for the same crop. This will result
in fall of the prices in the market and farmers are becoming enemy to the other
farmer. Every one gets a good price through different crops cultivated under
Crop Colonies. The state will also become self-sufficient in production. We
will provide support to export the produce to other States and countries after
consumption within the State,” the CM clarified.
“We have passed Land Acquisition Act
in the Assembly today. I am very happy. If the land acquisition process picks
up the projects can also be completed faster. We have constructed Bhakta Ramadasu
project in a record time. We will also construct Seetharama project on similar
lines. Wit this, Khammam district will become fertile. We will complete all
projects in the Telangana State and supply water to agriculture and there by
develop it. With the removal of burden on input expenditure, ensuring Minimum
Support Price to the produce and supply of water, agricultural activity in the
State will become a festivity. There is no need to raise loans on debt for the
input expenditure and there is no worry about the MSP. There are no problems of
marketing. The farmer will become king and he will be economically stronger.
The Bankers will make rounds around the farmers requesting him to take a loan.
I am dreaming this situation. This dream will be realised. The way separate
Telangana State dream is fulfilled this dream of making farmer a king will also
be Realised,” the CM exuded confidence.
Palm
Oil Plant
Apparaopet Village,
Dammapeta Mandal, Bhadradri Kothagudem district.
Its capacity is 60
Tonnes per hour. Works on the plant started on April 18, 2016 and production
started on April 29, 2017. It was constructed in one year at a cost of Rs 82
Crore.
NCDC—Rs 64 Crore,
State government—Rs 10 Crore, Federation—Rs 7.40 Crore
In the first Phase,
the capacity is 30 tonnes per hour
Khammam, Kothagudem,
Suryapet farmers to get benefit. Presently, Oil Palm is cultivated in 30,000
acres spread in 26 Mandals
Palm Oil Plant in
Aswaraopet will be modernized. New machines and Boilers will be set up at a
cost of Rs 30 Crore. For Aswaraopet and
Apparaopet Plants Rs 100 crore is spent while no other government had spent
even a single rupee. The State government has given Rs 13 Crore for both the
plants. The state government stood as a guarantee to the NCDC loan. The Palm
Oil price is increased from Rs 4,000 and 5000 to Rs 9,000 per tonne. Oil Palm
farmers are getting good profits.
Farmers in Warangal, Nizamabad, Adilabad and Nalgonda district are
showing interest in Oil Palm cultivation. It is better if the Palm Oil Plants
are running under the government.
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